Mrs. Irene Hartley McCowan

April 25, 1933 - January 19, 2017

Blackstock, SC Mrs. Irene Hartley McCowan, 83, died Thursday, January 19, 2017, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 23, 2017, at Mitford Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Marty Roberts and Rev. James Freeman officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Monday at Mitford Baptist Church. Mrs. McCowan was born April 25, 1933 in Lancaster County, SC and was a daughter of the late Rubin Hartley and Eva Henson Hartley. She attended the schools of Gaston County, NC and retired as a cloth grader from J.P. Stevens Co. Mrs. McCowan was a member of Great Falls Church of God and attended Mitford Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Jeannie McCowan and Mary Ann Eudy both of Blackstock; one granddaughter, Meagan Eudy of Blackstock; one brother, Gary Hartley (Sandra) of Garden City; one nephew, Barry Hartley of Great Falls; one niece, Candice Hairston of Columbia; and one brother-in-law, Jerry McCowan of Blackstock. Mrs. McCowan was preceded in death by her husband, Ray L. “Coon” McCowan. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of SC, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706 or to Greenlawn Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 191, Great Falls, SC 29055.